WITNESS ~ INSTRUCT ~ NURTURE / Volume 1 Issue 20
Jul 6, 2005
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In this issue, you'll read:
THE BOOK OF COLOSSIANS - PART FIVE
A WORD FROM WHITESTONE
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WORD FROM THE EDITOR - WEEK TWENTY Romans 8:1-4; " What greater promise do we need than this; "...the law of the Spirit of Christ has made me free from the law of sin and death." If we have been born again and washed in the blood of the Lamb, we are no longer slaves to sin, and death has no power over us. We are now free to live for Christ in this life, and spend eternity with Him when we shed this mortal body. Hallelujah! We should be celebrating every day! God's plan of redemption has been in place since before the foundation of this world. That's a lot longer than 229 years. Remember, "There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit." So why not walk according to the Spirit today and for the rest of our lives. God bless you all is my prayer! All editions of The W.I.N. E-Mail Newsletter are available on the Internet. To find them, navigate to www.fcgm.org and click on the "Newsletter" link. Feel free to copy as many as you want and pass them out to family and friends. If you would like to be added to our mailing list, send an e-mail containing your name and e-mail address to winsubscribe@fcgm.org. Starting this week, we will be weaning you from a regulated devotions. But we encourage you to maintain the same set appointment with the Lord each morning. At the beginning, we recommend that you choose one of the following books as your devotional point of contact with the Lord: Psalms, Proverbs, Isaiah or Jeremiah. Talk with the Lord as you read a particular passage, and meditate on the verses he is using to speak to you. II. Bible Study This week we are going to look at the fourth section of Colossians - 3:1-17 - which divides into two subsections. Read each subsection, answering for yourself the questions associated with them. Type out your answers or jot them down on 1. What should your heart and mind be set on since you have been raised to new life with Christ? And what shouldn't they be set on? (3:1-2). Read Colossians 3:11-17 1. What barriers have been broken down in Christ? (3:11). III. Memory Verse Here are a few suggestions that may help you to memorize your memory verses: 1. Ask the Lord to help you remember his Word (see John 14:26). 2. Use the version of the Bible you are most familiar with. What you normally read in your Bible is what you need to be memorizing. 3. Don't just memorize the contents of the verse; memorize its "address" (the verse reference) as well. You can do this by following this pattern: Step 1: reference; Step 2: verse content; Step 3: reference. Then repeat steps 1-3. Note that you are quoting the reference twice as many times as you quote the actual verse content. This gives the verse a clear "reference tag." 4. After you have read your memory verse out aloud several times, try going through your memory verse without reading your computer screen. 5. Look up your memory verse in your Bible. Look at its immediate context and read the verses that come before and after your memory verse. 6. Print out your memory verse or jot it down on a piece of paper. Take this paper with you when you go to work or do other daily activities. Meditate on the meaning of the verse throughout the day. 7. During your noon appointment with the Lord, take out your memory verse and go over it again. Talk to the Lord about what this verse means to you personally. 8. In the evening (at either your evening study or your evening devotions), see if you can quote your memory verse from memory. Then, without looking at the memory verse itself, see if you can find it in your Bible. 9. The next day, before you begin committing a new verse to memory, rehearse your previous day's memory verse and see if you can remember it (without cheating!). 10. Finally, at the end of the week (possibly on Sunday), collect all your week's memory verses, rehearse them and see if you can recall them without reading them. Spend a little extra time on any verses you have difficulty recalling. 11. Remember: Don't just memorize a verse. Put it into practice (James 1:22). It is not being able to quote a verse from memory that counts. It is His Word abiding in your heart that counts (John 15:7). When you actually apply a verse consistently to your daily life; that is when you truly know that verse! This article is Copyright © 1999, The Online Bible College. It is used by permission and formatted for presentation in this newsletter. "Dear Pastor Sam, Greetings in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ! We are so glad to report that our pastor [Pastor Bobby] is truly on the mend from a near fatal heart attack. We, the congregation, are so thankful for all the prayers that were prayed for him. May God so richly bless you all." I would just like to add my personal thanks to all of you who prayed for Pastor Bobby's recovery and for the congregation at Whitestone Christian Fellowship. Although some of you may never meet Pastor Bobby or Sister Barbara in person, I can assure you that they are true servants of our Father. And I would like to ask all of you to continue to pray for them as they continue to faithfully serve Him. Pastor Bobby, we love you! God bless, Unless otherwise noted: All Scripture is taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Welcome to week twenty of the W.I.N. E-Mail Newsletter. On July 4th, we celebrated the 229th birthday of America. I trust that during this time of celebration and festivity, each of us who live here took time to say thanks to our Heavenly Father, not just for the freedom of living in such a great nation, but even more so for the freedom He has given us in our spiritual lives as well.
Rev. Sam T. Leigh
Presiding Bishop
Freedom Covenant Global Ministries
E-mail: ambassador@fcgm.org
Website: www.fcgm.org
Bishop's eCorner: www.fcgm.org/ecorner/
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THE BOOK OF COLOSSIANS - PART FIVE
I. Devotional Reading
a piece of paper and place in your Bible for further meditation and study.
Read Colossians 3:1-10
2. In the light of 3:3 (note also 2:20), why does Paul say "Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth [whatever belongs to your earthly nature]: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry."? (3:5).
3. In 3:9-10, what does Paul say that, in Christ, you have taken [put] off? And what have you put on?
4. In 3:5-9, what are the eleven examples Paul gives of the old self's lifestyle that you are now to "put to death" and "rid yourself of?"
5. What is your new self being renewed in? (3:10).
2. List the "clothes" of the new self you are to put on (3:12-13).
3. What is the final piece of clothing you are to put on to cover them all? (3:14).
4. In your relationships with others, what does Paul say is to rule your heart? (3:15).
5. In every expression of ministry to one another, what is to "dwell in us richly," and what is to be your attitude in whatever you do? (3:16-17).
Colossians 3:9-10; "
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A WORD FROM WHITESTONE
Many of you have inquired as to the condition of Pastor Bobby Laster from Whitestone Christian Fellowship in Tucson Arizona. To help answer your question, I am including the following excerpt from a letter that I received this week.
Bishop Sam T. Leigh
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COPYRIGHT 2005
This newsletter Copyright © 2005 Freedom Covenant Global Ministries. All Rights Reserved. Individual articles displaying copyrights from other ministries are used by permission, have been formatted for use in this publication, and remain the property of respective ministry. Permission is granted to copy, print, and distribute this newsletter for ministry purposes, whether whole or in part, so long as ALL copyrights remain in place and no copies are printed or distributed for sale or commercial purposes.
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